Roland Schoeman has vehemently defended Dricus du Plessis over claims that the latter is spreading misinformation about South Africa. This relates to the former UFC Middleweight World Champion’s comments about farm murders and endorsement of US President Trump and Elon Musk, who have accused the country of promoting a “white genocide”.
ROLAND SCHOEMAN DEFENDS DRICUS DU PLESSIS
On his X app, former Olympic swimmer Roland Schoeman praised Dricus du Plessis as the “People’s Champ” and “African champ”.
Tagging the MMA fighter, he added: “You’re still a legend”.
Roland Schoeman’s comments come after Tristan Tate also came to the defence of the UFC star.
“The hate Dricus is getting from people is totally unjustified”.
He added: “Chin up, champ, ignore the noise”.
FARM MURDERS AND ‘WHITE GENOCIDE’
Like Dricus du Pless, Roland Schoeman has also used his platform to speak about farm murders.
“They’ll hate him for speaking truth”, he captioned a clip of Dricus’s controversial comments.
Responding to one critic who disputed the term “white genocide”, Roeland posted: “Call it what you want, but the numbers don’t lie. 13,000+ Farm attacks since ’94, around 2,000 murders. Whites are only 7% of the population, yet are killed at 3-4x the national murder rate. Victims were raped, burned with boiling water, stabbed hundreds of times, often with nothing stolen.
Images via Instagram: @dricusduplessis
“If that level of targeted brutality doesn’t at least raise the genocide debate, you’re not being factual, you’re being willfully blind”.
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